incubus

英 [ˈɪŋkjʊbəs]

美 [ˈɪŋkjʊbəs]

n.  沉重的压力; 巨大的精神负担; 梦淫妖(旧时传说中与熟睡女子交合的妖魔)

GRE医学

BNC.39302 / COCA.39616

牛津词典

noun

• 沉重的压力；巨大的精神负担
  a problem that makes you worry a lot
• 梦淫妖（旧时传说中与熟睡女子交合的妖魔）
  a male evil spirit, supposed in the past to have sex with a sleeping woman

英英释义

noun

• a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women
• someone who depresses or worries others
• a situation resembling a terrifying dream
  Synonym:nightmare

双语例句

• Mostly show some approaches of loosing family incubus and revenge revolution;
  主要表现在挣脱家的梦魇与复仇革命这些途径上，并且塑造了蘩漪，金子，仇虎这些酒神式的人物。
• The right tells a story in which greed is the dominant human motivation, government an incubus on the spirit of free enterprise.
  右翼力量则在讲述贪婪是人类主要推动力、政府是自由企业精神绊脚石的故事。
• Relieving Peasant Incubus Through Reform of Rural Financial System
  改革乡镇财政体制是减轻农民负担的制度保证
• He was appalled at the problem confronting him, weighted down by the incubus of his working-class station.
  眼前面临的问题叫他恐怖了。他那工人阶级的处境像梦宽一样压着他。
• After his death from old age, he was reborn in Sheogh as an Incubus.
  当他年老死后，他转生为谢尔戈的一个夜魔。